XenServer not completely open source, the market will be robbed by KVM

Citrix posted the news today on its official web site, along with the developer community Xenserver.org, which created a vertical open source system from the IaaS layer cloudstack, hypervisor layer and virtualization layer.

Since KVM dominates the open source virtualization platform, XenServer Open Source is a wise choice. Sina Cloud Computing SAE director Wang Lijun said:

It person: XenServer not completely open source, the market will be robbed by KVM. Now the KVM is gaining momentum.

Cloudstack founder, si Jie company Cloud Platform Department chief technology Officer Liang in the fifth session of the Cloud Computing conference Csdn said, Cloudstack do is the cloud platform, users expect it is open source, "although not by selling software and license make a lot of money, but has won a lot of users." Some users want to build a cloud platform more easily, and then we can provide services for him. ”

XenServer's current situation is very similar to Cloudstack's, which will win more users through open source, and more users will need to build a platform quickly, which will bring business opportunities. As a result, Citrix publishes the developer community for the purpose of pooling developers and looking for business opportunities.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)